Its not about FAANG, big tech or even VCs for that matter. Its about resources, incentives and vested interests.. Building anything interesting at scale requir

Its not about FAANG, big tech or even VCs for that matter. Its about resources, incentives and vested interests.. Building anything interesting at scale requires a group of very talented people collaborating over a period of time. This is not easy and its definitely not free or cheap. While hobbyists and tinkerers might invent groundbreaking tech, it takes resources to propel such projects to their full potential. Resources require vested interests (skin in the game). If it wasn't for Googles and other early adopters strong financial motive (vested interest) to avoid paying Microsoft/IBM licensing fees, linux would likely still be a niche operating system for hobbyists. Every major OSS tech you can think is supported by either a consortium of commercial interests, a single direct commercial interest or public grants. Public grants are extremely unreliable because of reasons I will refrain from explaining to avoid the wrath of señor dang. P.S. Git was invented by Linus out of necessity because linux crossed a threshold of complexity and scale.